retrace

See also: retracé

English

Etymology

From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːtɹeɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

retrace (third-person singular simple present retraces, present participle retracing, simple past and past participle retraced)

1. (transitive) To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
2. (transitive) To go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.

   He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

Translations

to trace again

• Bulgarian: проследявам (bg) (prosledjavam)
• German: nachvollziehen (de), zurückverfolgen (de)
• Interlingua: retraciar
• Navajo: naʼídíkééʼ
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-lorgaich
• Turkish: kaynağına inmek, kökenine inmek

Noun

retrace (plural retraces)

1. (television) The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

Translations

the period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returnes to its initial horizontal position

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Anagrams

• Terrace, caterer, reacter, recrate, terrace

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French

Verb

retrace

1. inflection of retracer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative